Members Current visitors. Log in. Install the app. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Myth or Fact? Can you lay down a Plasma TV for Transport? Thread starter Gadget Lover Start date Apr 3, Gadget Lover Active Member. Does anybody know if the advice NOT to lay a plasma screen down flat in order to transport is in fact necessary or just precautionary advice to avoid impact damage?
The reason I ask is that I would like to purchase a Plasma TV from my local Costco, which is 4 miles away but can only fit it in my car laying down in the boot. The journey back would only be 12 minutes but do I really risk damaging the TV by laying it down in the boot? It will be fully packaged in the original box. Gadget Lover said:.
Does anybody know if the advice NOT to lay a plasma screen down flat in order to transport is in fact necessary or an old precaution to avoid impact damage? Click to expand AndyVt30 Well-known Member. As long as you have the screen facing upwards, it should be ok. Mine was after a 40 min journey. Ragnarok Active Member.
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No idea if there is any truth to that or not. To clear up the shipping question, my job was in a warehouse, and all the TVs with the exception of 22", the smallest we sold shipped in their natural, vertical position. We carried them off the truck that way and stored them that way. Again no mention of why. Hi Ho said:. That is total BS, entertaining, but still BS. Setting a TV upright after being on it's side doesn't change anything.
If the glass broke while being transported on it's side then it would still be broken after being upright for twice as long. I can't speak about Plasma's but LCDs must remain upright and should never be layed down flat.. I lay both plasmas and LCDs face-down all the time to place the mounting brackets prior to hanging them on a wall.
No ill effects. Transporting they are best left vertical in order to alleviate stress on the panel. Ya ever see a window glass truck going down the road with the panes in a vertical position in those racks? Glass is stronger on edge when bumps are involved Apparently the image creating particles are sandwiched between to large sheets of heavy glass. I would assume that a larger Plasma display would be more fragile because of the weight of the glass.
If you opened your box and the plasma screen is uncracked there is no problem and you should be able to turn it on right away. Many big box stores will tell you not to lay it on it's back because the "gas" settles in the wrong part of the display and that you should wait hours to power the TV on once it's been in the upright position.
Why they tell you this I have no damn clue because the most real concern is the screen cracking from hitting a pothole on the road during transportation. So again, if your screen appears to be uncracked your TV is fine and ready to go.
All other non-sense is purely that. Clint DeBoer Banned. The plasma will drain to the bottom and then you'll have to give it a transfusion from another TV to fix it
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